11 h. ago China’s AI and EV boom drives record power demand, widening energy gap with US

China’s total electricity consumption hit a record high of 10.4 trillion kilowatt-hours (kWh) in 2025, more than double that of the US, the National Energy Administration (NEA) said on Saturday. The 5 per cent jump from the previous year marked the first time in China’s history that annual electricity consumption had surpassed 10 trillion kWh – the highest in the world and more than the combined total of the European Union, Russia, India and Japan, state broadcaster CCTV said, citing NEA...

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8 d. ago Uncovering the History of How China Fell in Love With Photography

Uncovering the History of How China Fell in Love With Photography  PetaPixel

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9 d. ago How Malaysia’s military tender scandal is bringing ‘opaque’ defence deals to light

Malaysia’s anti-corruption agency is pushing deeper into one of the country’s most opaque corners, the defence procurement system, in a widening investigation into allegations of cartel-like tender fixing, bribery and unexplained cash movements. The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has in recent weeks expanded its investigation into the Defence Ministry following a whistle-blower’s claim that documents showed large monthly deposits into accounts linked to a senior military officer and...

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9 d. ago How China’s history links military strength to fighting corruption

For China’s leadership, the most urgent lesson of modern military power comes not from a foreign manual but from its own history books. Its catastrophic defeat by Japan in 1895, born of internal corruption, forms the invisible backdrop to every Chinese showcase of modern hardware. The recent live-fire drill around Taiwan code-named Justice Mission 2025 – a forceful display of Beijing’s resolve to achieve reunification and deter any challenge to its core interests – was no exception. To Beijing,...

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9 d. ago Opinion | How China’s history links military strength to fighting corruption

Opinion | How China’s history links military strength to fighting corruption  South China Morning Post

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2 w. ago As history makes clear, a powerful China is not expansionist

Beneath the “China threat” thesis, often heard in Western policy circles, is the assumption that China will become expansionist as it grows more powerful. But history gives us little reason to treat that as inevitable. At moments of peak strength, China has not consistently converted power into the kind of overseas colonialism, expansionism or conquest that marked the ascent of Western great powers. There are three often-cited reasons to suggest China’s rise might lead to expansionism. First,...

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2 w. ago Opinion | As history makes clear, a powerful China is not expansionist

Opinion | As history makes clear, a powerful China is not expansionist  South China Morning Post

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2 w. ago Why China is holding military drills around Taiwan — and the history behind it

Why China is holding military drills around Taiwan — and the history behind it  Plainview Herald

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3 w. ago China needs ‘original’ knowledge system on border history to counter West, scholar says

China should establish an “original” knowledge system regarding the history of its border regions to mitigate security risks from “hostile forces in the West”, according to a senior scholar at a prominent state-run think tank. Fan Enshi of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) also warned about the threat of “de-Sinicisation” in US-led historical perspectives, calling for a shift from “fragmented research” towards systematic domestic theories that could better project Chinese influence...

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3 w. ago China racks up the highest electricity bill in world's history — $560bn to power the "most

China racks up the highest electricity bill in world's history — $560bn to power the "most-advanced" AI ever built  ecoportal.net

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3 w. ago China’s Xiaomi rejects claims of military ties after US lawmakers’ appeal to Pentagon

Chinese tech giant Xiaomi on Tuesday rejected calls by a group of US lawmakers to add it to a Pentagon list of companies alleged to have links with China’s military, describing the move as baseless and reiterating its focus on the consumer market. The smartphone-to-vehicle giant said it was “not a Chinese military company nor affiliated with any Chinese military entities” and that it “has always been and continues to be a consumer product company”. “[Xiaomi] provides products and services for...

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3 w. ago Fringe view of China’s history sparks official rebuke after going viral online

A wave of online discussion blaming China’s last imperial dynasty for national historical sufferings has prompted official criticism after touching on sensitive questions, and ignited debate over historical narrative, nationalism and social governance. What began as a fringe literary interpretation of an 18th-century classical novel has evolved in recent weeks to become a viral internet topic, known as the “1644 historical perspective”. The main claim – which has exposed sharp divisions online –...

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3 w. ago Largest bilateral gold trade in history? China buys nearly $1 billion in bullion from Russia in November alone

Largest bilateral gold trade in history? China buys nearly $1 billion in bullion from Russia in November alone  KITCO

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3 w. ago China’s military newspaper PLA Daily accuses Japan of showing ‘no respect for history’

China’s official military newspaper has accused Japan of distorting the record of its wartime aggression, denouncing the island nation’s lack of “respect for history” and warning that such actions risk repeating past tragedies. In a commentary on Monday, PLA Daily said Japanese right-wing forces were systematically whitewashing the country’s wartime atrocities as the international community was commemorating the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II and the global victory against...

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3 w. ago China’s PLA Daily accuses Japan of showing ‘no respect for history’

China’s PLA Daily accuses Japan of showing ‘no respect for history’  South China Morning Post

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3 w. ago US lawmakers urge Pentagon to expand the list of China military

US lawmakers urge Pentagon to expand the list of China military-linked firms to include Xiaomi, DeepSeek  Cybernews

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4 w. ago The Tiananmen Square general China wants to erase from history

The Tiananmen Square general China wants to erase from history  The Telegraph

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4 w. ago US lawmakers want DeepSeek, Xiaomi added to list of China military

US lawmakers want DeepSeek, Xiaomi added to list of China military-linked firms  South China Morning Post

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4 w. ago US lawmakers want DeepSeek, Xiaomi added to list of Chinese military

A group of nine US lawmakers sent a letter to US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth this week urging the Pentagon to add a slew of Chinese technology firms to a list of entities allegedly assisting the Chinese military. The letter, sent late on Thursday after US President Donald Trump signed a US$1 trillion must-pass military spending bill into law, asks Hegseth to place AI firm DeepSeek, smartphone maker Xiaomi and electronic display maker BOE Technology Group on what is known as the Section...

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4 w. ago US lawmakers want DeepSeek, Xiaomi on list of Chinese military

US lawmakers want DeepSeek, Xiaomi on list of Chinese military-linked firms  South China Morning Post

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